The Point

Kailani lies on the coarse grass and burnt dirt, momentarily shocked by the impact. She raises her head, and reels. Two feet away the edge of the cliff cuts into the blue sky. Kailani crawls forward and looks over the edge. Foaming white crests hammer against the beaten down coast. Her fingers dig into the rim of the cliff, and she ponders what could have been.

"I wouldn't worry about it too much," the young man places himself next to Kailani, and peers over the edge, "if it hadn't been me, it would have been a rock, or the wind that stopped you."

Kailani freezes, as she looks at the young man, she had momentarily forgotten about him. "I'm not very coushy, but I'm sure I make a better block than a rock." Kailani stares at him, and he cocks his head and clicks his tongue at her. "can't you speak?"

"Of course I can talk," Kailani says, "I'm sorry, but I'm a bit befuddled about nearly missing the cliff and quite confused as to why you were just standing..." Kailani trails off her speech and returns to the gut wrenching site of the water hundreds of feet below.

"Don't look over there!" the young man says, and leaps to his feet. He runs to a spot further away from the edge and hops back and forth on his feet. "Look at me!" Kailani laughs, and stands up. Her limbs feel a bit stiff, and the bit of blood trickling from her elbow doesn't seem life threatening. Her daypack is still intact, and so is her purse. She walks towards the young man, and then stops, and watches him continue to move. "So why're you here?"

Story summary

This is a story about Kailani. A native inhabitant of Hawaii who has never really experienced the beauty of the island. In a moment of curiously she is lead to an illusive beach named Painters Point. A place where the sea meets the sky...

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